Lewis Black

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

An Autobiography

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During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy.Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entert… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Reich, Howard / Bruce, Lenny

ISBN: 978-0-306-82529-3
EAN: 9780306825293
Produktnummer: 19744964
Verlag: Hachette Book Group USA
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H21.1 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.0 cm 249 g
Gewicht: 249

Über den Autor

Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) was a stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. His 1964 trial for obscenity (and posthumous pardon) is seen as a landmark for freedom of speech in the United States.